Cpt 11

Jack and Juliet pretended nothing had changed. Juliet went about her clinical duties and Jack let Ben lead him around.
"So Jack, have I convinced you to stay?" Ben asked him one bright day.
Jack squinted in the sunlight, "If I say no, would you let me go?"
Ben smiled, "You and Juliet, how are things going there? It seems you two have gotten over your initial strains."
"It's like you said Ben," Jack told him, "She's beautiful. It's hard to ignore that when she's under your nose 24/7."
"Ha, ha," Ben laughed, "True Jack."
"What's true?" Juliet questioned coming up behind them.
"I'll let Jack explain it, if you'll excuse me," Ben said before leaving them alone.

Jack turned to Juliet, the moment Ben was out of sight he pulled her into his embrace, his hands traveling down her body, resting on the small of her back.
"I got it Jack, the schedule," Juliet whispered in his ear, letting her lips graze the skin of his cheek.
"I don't know about this," he whispered back, rocking her slightly as he inhaled the scent of her hair. She pushed his head down, tugging his hair that had grown in over the month.
"Come on Jack, it said in your file you had taken flying lessons," she said.
"Yeah, but that was a while ago, I'm not sure I can do this."

Juliet starred into his eyes, "Jack, the supply plane is coming in next Tuesday. It's our one shot of getting out of here. Either you fly that Cessna or we stay here doing Ben's bidding till he decides he no longer has a use for us."
Jack licked his lips and hugged her close once again. His fingers wrapped into her hair.
"Okay Juliet, I'll do it for you."
"For us," she said looking into his face.
Jack nodded, "For us," he said and kissed her.
……

Jack and Juliet crouched behind a wall, guns cocked and loaded in their sweaty hands. Their hearts beat quickly as they waited for the plane to come in. They could hear its approach, the engines whirling and the wind shifting.
"Ready?" Jack asked squeezing her hand.
"I've been ready for this for years," Juliet replied, "I was only waiting for you to show up."
Jack smiled but then turned serious as the Dharma plane hit the small runway, slowly coming to a halt. Pickett and Tom ran up to meet the pilot, helping him unload the items.

Jack stood up and shot Tom and Pickett immediately in the back. The pilot starred wide eyed and terrified before beginning to plead for his life. Jack tilted his head in a moment of regret for this stranger's fear, before shooting him square in the chest.
"Let's go Juliet," Jack cried.
Juliet grabbed Jack's hand as they ran to the front of the plane. Freedom was so close.

"Of all people to betray me Juliet. I would have never picked you to be the one," Ben's voice came from behind, stopping her dead in her tracks.
"Don't even look back," Jack told her, just get in the plane. Juliet gathered her strength as she saw the courage in Jack's eyes. She nodded at him and made to jump up into the cockpit when she heard the sound of the safety being released from Ben's gun. She turned to face Ben, her hand still in Jack's.

"How could you Juliet?" Ben asked his eyes full of genuine hurt.
"How could I Ben? How could you?" she spat, "How could you fill my head with your lies and deceit? Use me; use so many to play your sick games!"
"I shared my hopes with you, chose you despite your faults," Ben replied.

Juliet let go of Jack's hand and took a step closer to Ben. Jack watched her, unable to guess her intentions, or her next move. He had a sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach, and he had to force the urge to vomit back down his throat.
"Hopes Ben? I believed in you. When Ethan came to me in Miami and brought me here. I believed your garbage so I stayed, trying on your life, your opinions. And what did it get me? Nothing but guilt and emptiness."

Ben's eyes filled with tears, his broken little girl had put herself back together, and Jack was the glue. He looked at the tall man, protectively standing behind her and loathed him. Ben reprimanded himself, he should have known better. After all, Jack wasn't on Jacob's list.
"We had a vision Juliet, a dream," Ben said standing between the bodies of Tom and Pickett.
"No Ben we didn't," she said sadly, "I simply walked into your dream and forgot to dream my own."
Ben laughed, "And now Juliet? Haven't you simply just left mine for his?" he said to her waving his hand at Jack.

Juliet looked back at Jack, his hand was at her shoulder now and she clutched it intertwining her fingers with his. She looked back at Ben.
"This isn't a dream Ben. Jack just came and woke me up from the nightmare."
Ben reeled at the realization he had lost Juliet, his precious protégé. Or perhaps he never had her, never quite won her over to his side. He lifted his gun and pointed it at her. Jack immediately aimed his.
"Don't do it Ben. I guarantee you I'm the better shot."

Ben laughed, "What are you going to do Jack, kill me?"
"If I have to."
Ben looked to the floor at the men at his feet, "You used tranquilizer bullets on them," Ben smirked, "Killing anyone Dr. Jack Sheppard, is not in you."
Jack swallowed and looked down at the ground, knowing Ben was right.
"But it's in me," Juliet said and fired her weapon.
She recoiled as the blood began to pour from Ben's wound. As it flowed from the corner of his mouth. Juliet swayed as she watched Ben slowly fall to his knees, dying in front of her. Jack held her up, shocked at the sight. He didn't know she had put real bullets in her gun.
"Oh God Jack, what have I done?" she asked the gun still in her limp hand, "What has he turned me into?"

Jack slowly took the gun from her hand, "Its okay Juliet. You did what you had to do. It's okay."
Jack managed to get her into the plane's seat. He sat down in the pilot's chair and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath and hoping he could remember everything he had to. Juliet was numb beside him but when he touched her cheek she responded, a delicate smile forming at the corner of her mouth.
"You are my miracle Jack, aren't you?" she asked.
"Yes Juliet," he told her softly, "And you're mine."
He began the run to take off, flying over the carnage, away from the island, away from the past to Jack's and Juliet's future.

The End.